Legislative Branch Final Review

This position is the presiding officer, the administrative head of the House, the partisan leader of the majority party in the House, and an elected representative of a single congressional district . Since 1947, the holder of this position has been second in line to succeed the president in an emergency, after the vice president.

• Minority Whip

• Majority Leader

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House

This is where proposed bills are first sent and are based on a specific policy area. There are 20 of these committees in the House and 16 in the Senate.

• Joint Committee

• Standing Committee

• Select Committee

• Conference Committee

While each state has two senators, members of the House are apportioned ________.

• according to the state's population

• according to the state's geographic size

• based on the state's economic size

• based on each state's need

Dividing legislators into two separate assemblies or houses is called

• Apportionment

• Bicameralism

• Delegating

• Gerrymandering

A bill that is regarding spending or revenue 

• have to be written by the President

• can be introduced in the House and the Senate

• can only be introduced in the House of Representatives

• can only be introduced in the Senate

Which one of the following is NOT a way in which a bill can be killed? 

• Attaching amendments to a bill

• Presidential veto

• Refusing to hold a hearing on a bill in committee

• Refusing to vote a bill out of committee

Members of the House are apportioned to states based on __________. They serve __________-year terms.

• Geographic size; two

• population; six

• equality; six

• population; two

A select committee is different from a standing committee because ________.

• a select committee is convened for a specific and temporary purpose, while a standing committee is permanent

• a select committee includes member of both chambers, while a standing committee includes only members of the House

• a select committee is used for bill reconciliation, while a standing committee is used for prosecutions

• a select committee must stay in session, while a standing committee goes to recess

The number of House members representing each State is recalculated every

• four years

• six years

• two years

• ten years

To run for the Senate, a person must be ____years of age

• at least 25

• at least 30

• at least 35

• at least 18